OVERTAX


Meaning of OVERTAX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)tæks ]

( overtaxes, overtaxing, overtaxed)

1.

If you overtax someone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result.

...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice.

VERB : V n

2.

If you say that a government is overtaxing its people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.

You can’t help Britain by overtaxing its people.

VERB : V n

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